Tamil youth shot dead in Valaichenai

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 April 2007, 15:14 GMT]Unidentified armed men shot dead a Tamil youth Friday night around 7:30 p.m. in Meeravodai in Valaichenai Police division in Batticaloa district, sources in Batticaloa said. The killers shot the youth at his residence and fled from the scene.

The victim was identified as P.Kokilaraja, 21.

Valaichenai police recovered the body of the victim and handed it over to Valaichenai Hospital.